[me_again]

I don't believe there is really any interest in balancing the Federal budget or saving money. It's a flimsy pretext for purging every person and program not ideologically aligned with the incoming administration.

Would anyone like to bet whether the national debt will be lower in 2029?

[nxobject]

God, if it's a purge, I hope someone has a "corrupt government contractor" index fund out there I can throw whatever severance I'll get in so I can at least hope to have a retirement.

[int_19h]

If they really wanted to save money, Israel would be the first foreign aid recipient to cut, not one of the few left untouched.

[nxobject]

How is #metoo equivalent having a series of private citizens sideline officials in every government department, including the Treasury, to get access to federal administrative and financial databases to unilaterally conduct mass layoffs [0] and give the president ammunition for whatever funding fight he's going to have with states next?

And promise to suspend normal conflict-of-interest rules in a completely unfunded deferred resignment offer?

And forcing senior civil servants to resign throughout all departments and agencies, including firing checks-and-balances mechanisms like Inspectors General while they're at it?

[0] It looks like OPM is targeting at least a 30% reduction in workforce this year.

[relaxing]

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